MYSTERY HEART ISSUE CURTAILS DAN'S CAREER

LANGER Dan has been retired from racing after the two-time Coral Cup hero fell victim to “an unexplainable heart problem”.

- by DAVID YATES

Dan Skelton’s nine-year-old chaser home Galopin Des Champs in the Martin Pipe Hurdle at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival and was brought down when the 7-2 favourite for the same race, won by Banbridge, 12 months later.